98 accord front wheel bearing ????
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Originally Posted by ItsaHonda
From what I've gathered being on various Honda and Accord forums, wheel bearing failure is more common on the 98-02 generation. I've still got the original wheel bearings on my 96 Accord with 160k miles (100k of those miles driving in New Orleans and Detroit) Honda must have gone with a different supplier, like they did with a lot of other components for the 6th gen... and got substandard quality.
It seems like the 6th gen. Accords have much more domestic parts than the earlier Accords. I am not saying that domestic parts are bad, but quality is more imnportant than price. Is it true that the 6th gen. Accords have Delphi alternators which fail below 100K miles? How about that tranny issue?
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Well, I had the right-rear get noisy. The way the noise echoed around it wasn't real easy to hear which side it was coming from. And it didn't change in turns (that's usually a good test). I took off the wheels & checked, & you're sorta right, it didn't feel very 'gritty'. But it was pretty clear which side was bad.
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Is it true that the 6th gen. Accords have Delphi alternators which fail below 100K miles? >>>
Honda uses Delphi (which also supplies alternators and many other components to General Motors) for their V6 models only. All I-4 engines still use Denso, which have superior longevity. I also still have all of my original Denso components (except for the water pump which gets replaced for preventive maintenance) including the AC compressor, PS pump and alternator which has been over 9 years and 160k miles. This kind of part longevity is unheard of with other brands.
Honda uses Delphi (which also supplies alternators and many other components to General Motors) for their V6 models only. All I-4 engines still use Denso, which have superior longevity. I also still have all of my original Denso components (except for the water pump which gets replaced for preventive maintenance) including the AC compressor, PS pump and alternator which has been over 9 years and 160k miles. This kind of part longevity is unheard of with other brands.